STATE COLLEGE - Penn State's bill to pay
costs related to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal is nearing $48
million.A university website on Friday
showed a $47.7 million total as of the end of May, up $1.9 million from two
months earlier. The amount covered legal fees, consulting work and other
associated costs. Much of the increase was tied to the university's legal
services and defense, which cost $10.4 million, up about $700,000 from March. The
university has said it won't use tuition dollars, state appropriations or
donations to pay for scandal costs. The arrest of retired assistant football
coach Sandusky in November 2011 triggered the sweeping scandal. Sandusky, 69,
was sentenced to 30-to-60 years in prison last fall after being convicted on
dozens of criminal counts.